Canal-boat-dumping apparatus.



G. E. TITOUMB. CANAL BOAT DUMPING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG 25,1908.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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W 015135565? I [w I 6 AW I .G. B. TITGOMB. I CANAL BOAT DUMPING APPARATUS.

APPLIGATION FI LEI) AUG 25, 1908.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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' G. E2. TITOOMB, CANAL BOAT DUMPING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 25, 1908.

Patented Apr. 13, 19.09.

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G. 2; TITOGMB CANAL BOAT .DUMPING APFARETUS I ALPAPLIUJILTIOH FILED AUG. 25,1908.. 91 Sfii i Patenize. 313

UNITED: STATES 1 chicken E. rlroonn, or PHILADELPHIA, rE vNsYLvAt iA; issicrioiiroflnones [COAL STORAGE COMPANY, or NAUGATUCK. CONNECTICUT, A OOR-PO A IQNLOF CON- 1 nnorrour.

, f Application filed. August 25, 1908. Serial No. 460 ,152.1

To all tvhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. TITOOMB, a citizen of the Unitecl States,residing inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain- Improvements in CanaLBoat-Dumping Apparatus, of which the following is a specilicae tion." j My invention relates to' certain improve ments in dumping ap )aratus used in trans' ferring material in bu kirom a canal boat, cannon-other carrier to' a vessel or storage floor;

'invention is )articularly adapted for discharging canal boats, although certain features'of'the invention can be ap lied to mechanism for dischargingcars or ot er containers. I

Due ob ect oi my-mvention is to so con-' strrict-adumping apparatus thata canal boat can be carried upto a certain point and inverted so as to discharge its contents into a chute, through which it lstransferred elther to a vessel or to a car which will carry the material to a. storage floor.

, 1 A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the material from the storage floor can be discharged into the chute and irom the chute into ,a vessel when the apparatus is not used in discharging directly from a canal boat into a Vessel.

' These ob ects 1 attain in the following manner, reference being had to the accom panymg drawings, in whlchz- Figure 1, 1s a plan view showing a pier illustrating my improved canal boat dumping apparatus; Fig. 2, is a vertical sectional view of the apparatus showing the chute in such a position that the canal boat can be discharged by overturning it above the chute and allowing the material to flow through the chute into a vessel; Fig. 3, is a iront elevation; Fig. 4, is a sectional lan View; Fig. 5, is a view illustrating the c ute in position to receive material from a car on atrack leading from the piling floor; and 6, i319, view showingthe chute elevated so as to bring the under track in line with. the fixed trackleadingto the piling floor..- :ffiei'erring in the firstinstance to Fig. 1, A is a, ier extending from a bulkhead A on wliic is the piling floor tracks. A- is a sec? tion of the pier spacul a sufiicient distance boats.

Specification ofLetters Patent.

GANALBOAT-DUMPING APPARATUS; v

Patented Aisrn 1'3, 1909.

B is the structure mounted on the pier or wharf and extendingover the canal out a;

O s a carrier adapted receive a canal bc-atand'on'this carrier are clamps-C to e11'- gagethe boat and firmlylock it to the carrier; The carricris adapted to travel on suitable verticalways Z) and is raisedby means of ropes-0 passing around wheels 0, c

c on the carrier and around sheaves I) on the 1 structure B down to a fixed, point on the carrier C. The opposite end of each rope passes around a sheave c to thedrum f of a power hoisting engine F, as shown in Fig. 2. The carrier with the boat israised from the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2" and turned over as shown by dotted lines-in said figure, and under the-carrier'is a platform D which actuates' the clamps C. This platform is suspended within the cut a for the canal boatby ropes orchains d which pass around sheaves-d and have suspended from them the"counterweights(it. I The upward.

movement of the'pl'atiornrmay be limited by stops (i if desired, or the a be stopped by the counterweig its contacting with a permanent part of: the structure. The object being to prevent-t moving above the high water line.

tform may he platform iyThe clamps Cfof the carrier C are not shown in detail as they arefiully set forth and claimed inthe patent granted to mom July 18th, 19 05, No. "795,012, but these clamps were actuated by other means than the platform which I now-show; the object being to automatically clam pthe canal boat to the carrier as it leaves-t ie-water and to release the clamps as soon-as the empty boat returns to the water, sothat theemptyboat can be floated .to one side and a loaded-boat f" lead'from the end o'l'thc-pivoted' platform C -around sheaves f to the countervroig hts ft 5 This platform is pivotedto the framework of th chute structure'E about in line Ropes f withthe pivot pins e so that it is vertically hopper G to receive the screenings.

structure adjustable with the chute structure. When the carrier 0 with the canal boa-t comes in contact with the pivot c it is turned over by the continued movement of the carrier, resting upon the platform C and the platform graduallylowers, so that the canal boat assumes the inverted position shown b dotted lines in Fig. 2, directly above the c 'ute proper E and the contents of theboat are discharged into this chute.

The body portion'of the chute is preferably, tapered in form, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and inclined at the proper angle, and pivoted at e to the end of the chuteE is a section E carrying an extension E on which is a motor e adapted to operate the spout c r This spout and the mechanism for operating forms no part of my present invention.

The section E of the chute can be raised or lowered by ropes etwhich lead over'idlers to the power mechanisnu When the chute is extended, as shown in full lines in Fig. 2,

the contents of the canal boat are discharged into the chute and travel down the chute into a vessel at'the side of the pier A and the spout 6 can be operated so as to discharge material within a certain radius. The chute may be raised or lowered to any desired position and the spout can be extended or contracted as desired.

As shown in the drawings, the chute has two screens g, g and under the screens is a The screen 9 screens the material as it is delivered from the canal boat onto the chute and the scr n g screens the material as it is discharged from the storing pile described hereafter. The screenings received by the screenings hopper G are carried away by any suitable conveyer g a 'screw conveyor being shown in the present instance which leads from one side of the structure E and delivered into the boot G of a bucket conveyer G The connection being telescopic so that no matter what vertical position the chute structure is in the connection will be maintained. The conveyor G can carry the screenings to any suitable bin or storagefloor.

H is a fixed track on each side of the structure 13, in the present instance, whicheach side of the space occupied by the ver-' tically adjustable chute structure E and suspended from the underside of this chute structure is a track E- carried, in the present instance, bg part of the frameworkof the l having bevel gears which mesh with so that when the-chute raised and lowered the track E is also raised and lowered and when this track is in the position shown in Fig. 2 itis out of'alinement with the permanent fixed track H, but when the chute structure-E is moved to the osition shown in Fig. 6 the track E is in a inement with the fixed track H, so that the cars can be run from the fixed track onto the track E to receive material from the chute, as the chute has openings e rowided with suitable gates so that when t iese gates are opened the material instead of flowing into the vessel will flow into the cars located directly below the chute, as in Fig. 6.

When the material is to be discharged into the cars then thepivoted section E of the chute is turned up, .or a valve is provided at the end of the main section E for the purpose of stopping the flow of material farther than the openings e By this means material can be discharged from the canal boat into cars and conveyed to a piling floor, so as to hold material in reserve when a vessel is not at ,the pier. To discharge the material from the piling floor into the chute E,'I provide an. independent tracl' structure I which normally rests upon the beams B of the structure E, but is free to be carried. by the chute structure E when the said chute structure is moved above the t lted track H; the track I then rests upon the supports 4. carried by the chute structure E. The rails of this track structure I aline with the rails of the fixed track H when the'chute is lowered below the level of the track H, so that when it is desired to discharge material from the storage floor the chute structure E is lowered to the position illustrated in F ig. 5 or Fig. 2, and a collapsible chute i can be mounted so as to direct material discharged from cars on the track 1 into the chute E and from this chute the material can be directed into the vessel. '1 he cars can run on the track H from and to the piling floor.

Difierent forms of mechanism may be used for raising and lowering the chute structure E, in the present instance I have shown four screws N supported vertically in suitable hearings in the stiucture B and adj acentto the chute structure D, and these screws. are

" adapted to nuts '11 on the chute structure, as

illustrated in Fig. 8, and are driven in unison, being connected together by shaft-in N,- bevel gears on the screw shafts. This shutting is driven through the main power shaft by an engine or other suitable motor X Suitable shifting mechanism is used to re' verse the motion of the driving mechanism and consequently the movement of the screw shafts N, so that when the screw shafts are turned in one direction the chute structure E is raised and when the shafts are turned in the reverse direction the chute structure E is lowered the screws lockin the chute in an I 7 position to which it is adjusted.

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if.$P1Y0t6d .g&h6.S-Xvhlfill willnot only act as a agate-to fprevent the'g'fioiv of material from the is V ,intothe; chute E of the chute structure .ffromrltliepiling ifloor then the track -I is brought into-alinement with the fixed track ,tureawhere connection made very'close thishgatefornbnidge plate'may be dispensed .wit 10;;

canal boat. is in posltion in the carrier, said dotted lines in Fig. 2, the sheave c is stilla c can bemounted in afixed bearing and the .it. is not.u'ishe.d to discharge the material main-=3)ortion ofithe-chnte; but will also act as a -bridgeilate hetween'I-the chute and its extension F: modifications of this struc- =-Bythe above' a' paratus it 'Will be seen that I can-load a vesse directly from a canal boat, or from a' storage loomand the material can be transferred iro na' canalf boat directly. to the storage floor, if desired.

When it is wished to discharge a canal boat the carriervO is;lowered into a canal t'o a depth below. the-ractual depth of the canal boat-,;the-. clamps 0 being raised by coining .in' contact with .the platform D. When the carrier is elevated through the mediumof the ropes cwhich pass around the sheaves,v as previouslvde'scribed, and as soon as the carrienleaves theplatform D=the clan1ps are dropped' 'onto the canal boat and locked in this-position, holding it-s'o that it must turn with the carrier. Asthe-carrier is raised it comes in contactwith the'pivot in 'e on tlfe chuteistructure E and is turned y'the con tinued. movement of the ropes 0. It will he noticed that the Wheel or sheave c is mount- .edon aj projecting poltion'of the carrier, so

that when the carrier is turned, as-shoWn-b);

considerable distance from the vertical center vline through the pivot and the main portionofthe-rope c-is deflected very little out of the vertical line, so that the upper sheave carriencan be forced over niorereadily than where the sheave c is not mounted on a projection on the'carrier. As the canal boat is turned over itI-comes in contactwith the counterbalanced'platforrn C and is finally discharged when-inverted, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, thecontents dischargin and the material, such as coal for instance, screened as itapasses-downthe vchute and finally discharged into the vessel; the screenings passing into the screenings hopper. If

into a gVCSSl their the parts are moved to the :osition. shown inFig. 6, and the gates in the ottom; of theaclmteopened, cars are run onto the :tra'clc Eh: the material passes from the-piling fioorl' M i y In some instances it'mav'be desirable to change the inclination of the chute according to the character of the niate onto the track- I and discharged onto the chute E!', "the material flowing from the chute into the vessel. Thus it will beseen that when-a vessel and series of canal boats are 'at a' pier the contents of one canal boat alter anothercan be: discharged nito. a vessel, but when there s no vessehnt the plenhhe content-s offcanal 'boats cafi be discharged 0110 a piling floor, so that if there are no;

canal-boats at the ier when the vessels arrive then the vesse can be loaded directly Trial being transferred and thlscan be accomplished by providing meaiis for independently operating the front andrear screws.

' While I have illustrated mjinvention in connection with mechanism 'for discharging canal boats, it will he. understood that the. vertical adjustable chute mechanism may be used inconnection'with car dumping apparatus \vithOutdeparting. from the essential features of my'invention; lclaimzf L'The conihinatiolfin an apparatus for dumping canal boats, of; a frame, a carrier adapted to beLraised lowered on said frame and to receive a canal boatmeans for clamping the canalboat to the carrier; means for inverting the canal 'boat and the carrier ed'to receive material from the canal boat when inverted, and means for vertically atljusting the chute. Y

-2. 'The'combinetion in canal boat duni when in an elevated position, a chute adapt ioo ing apparatus, of a frame; a carrier adapted to receive a canal boat,- means for clamping the boat to the carrier, means for elevating and turning'the carrier so as to invert the canal boat, a chute, means for raising and lowering the-chute, means for elex 'ating the extension, discharge openings in the body of the chute, means for closing said discharge openings, and a track under the chute on which cars can be run to receive mater al from'the chute through the openings.

3. The combination in a canal boat- (lumping'apparatus, ofa fraine, a carrier adapted to receive a canalboat, means for clamping the boi-t-to the carrier, means for elevating and tuialing the carrier-sons to invert-the canal boat, a chute, means for raising-and lowering the chute,- aid chute having a pivoted extension, means for-elevating the extln'ough-thcopenings in-the chute into the tension; discharge openings in the body of the chute,'means for closing Sttlfl discharge carsgandlcarried to-the storage floor or other discharge Joint set-11st the apparatus can he usednvhet nn'i-tliereiis Fae vessel atthcpier or not.. atl r heniti is desired to load a vessel H, as in-iligtfipand the car loaded at the piling;iihoryrand-conveyed over a track H openings, and a track under the chute on wh ch carsca-n he run to receive material from the chute through the opemi1gs. when the pivoted extension of the chute israised.

4; Thecombination'in a dumping apparatus,- of a frame, a carrier mounted on the frame and adapted to receive a boat, means '.for' elevating the frame and dumping the *boat, a chute situated so as to receive material fro'm'the boat, a track suspended from the chute and carried thereby, and a. fixed track leading to .a storagefloor, said track carried by the chute being adapted to aline' with the fixed track. p V

5.;The combination in a boat dumping apparatus, of a. frame, a carrier adapted to receive the boat, means for raising the car'- rier andQinverting it withthe boat, a'chute .vertically adjustable and adapted to receive the material from the-boat, said chute havapivoted extension, means forelevating 15.

the extension and retaining it in its elevate position, openings in the bottom of the main chute, means for'closing said openings, .a track carried by the. chute and suspended: from the underside-thereof in line with the openings so that a car on the track can re ceive materialyfrom the chute through the openings, and a fixed track leading to a stor-- age floor, said trackcarried by the'chutebeing adapted to alinewith the fixed track.- 3.

' '6. The combination in 'a boat dumping.

' ,apgaratus, ,of a frame-means; for elevating pended from l'a vertically. ad

ffa discharging the contents of' the boat,

flistable chute, a track'si'1sopenings willienter cars on the track, a track carried by the upper pbrtion of the chute,

' and a fixed track extending at'the side of the chute and adaptedto aline with either track of the chute.

7.-The combination "in apparatus for -dumping boats',vjof a carrier for the boat, means for elevating and inverting the carrier with the boat,- a vertically adjustable chute so-situated in respect to the carrier as to receive material from the when discharged, an extension pivoted to the chute and adapted to be ra sed and lowered, a

track suspended from the underside of the chute, o enings in the chute directly above the trac means for closing said openings, saidchute having a screen near the bottom thereof, a. hopper under the chute'into which openings sothat material discharged through t e openings will enter cars on the track, and

. a-fixed track at the side of the-structure with which the track on the chuteis adapted to aline.

e underside I of the chute, openin s inthe chute so located that material discharged from the chute through said tically adjustablechute mounted ;.therein, said chute having a pivoted extens on, means for raising and loweringthe extension, aoar chute, a track .mountedabove the'chuteia-nd adapted to move therewith, afixedtrackat on'eof the tracks carried by'thechute can be run onto either the up er or the lower. track to discharge into the-chute'or to receive material from-the chute.

10.. The.combination of a. wharf, a canal wharf" and spanning the canal, a verticallv to receive a boat, means for clam ingfthe end of the structure onto which the boat is inverted, a chute situated below the lat -form and arranged to receivema-terial t erefrom, a screen in the .chute and a hop .er to screen-of the chute, wit means for conveying the screenings from the hop er. 1

11'. The combination of a w'liart, a'canal therein, a structure mounted on thewhari spanning the canal, a""carrier adapted to en'- clampin a boat to the carrienincan's-for raising the carrier and turning the same so as to invert it, a vertically adjustablechute, a track susuended'froni the underside of the chute, a platform on the chut'e, .a loose track adapted to-be pickedup -by-the platform when it is raised above a certain level, and a fixed track on the structure withwhich the positions. v p 12. The combmation of awharffa canal therein, a structure mounted on the wharf, a

can aline when the chute is i'noved to certain a boat,.1neans-for clamping a boat to the cartuate the clamping means.

13. The combination of a wharf, a canal a boat, means for clamp'in .a boat-to the car 'to actuate the clamping means. a

carrier adapted to. enter the canal and rerier, means for counterbalancing the platform, stops .to the upward movementof the when the carrier with the canal boat enters 9. The combination'ofa structure, a vertrack suspended from the underside otthe one side of the structure with wh ich'eitherbrought into alinement'so that cars can be movable carrier adapted'to enter the canal boat'to the carrier, aplatforni .at t eupperter the canal and receive a boat, means for track carried by the chute or'the loose track.

carrier adapted-to-enter the canal to receive rier, and a movable platforin'adzipted to ac ceive a boat, clamps for securing theboat to f the carrier, said clamps extending below the carrier, a platform mounted below the cartherein, a structure mounted above the receivethe screenings assing throng the therein, a structure mounted on the wharf, 'al 1 carrier adapted'to enter thecanalto receive.

'rier, and a counterbalance platform adapted;

let. The combinationof a wharf, a canal therein, a structure mounted on the wharf, a-

p tf rm, the parts being soar-ranged thatthe"canal from above, the extensionsof-the clamps: strike the counterbalanced. .plat

form and release the boat -frond the carrier,

and when the carrier is raised with the canal boat the clamps will be automatically 'low. ered as-they'arefreed from the control of the platform.

15. The combination-in a, imkllzll boat continued movement of said means the carrierfwith jthe'cana'l boat is turned so as to in'-' fvert; the cjanal' boat and discharge its contents onto the chute.

"16. The, combination dun'ipingappa- 'ratus, of a structure, averticall' movable chutestructure,aitrack-sus ende "from said chute-structure, and it Xed track with which'fthetrack on thegchute structure,- isadapted to aliney .7 17. The combination of 1a sup orting structure, a fixed track at one side of t e su 3'- ',po'rting' structure, a verticall adjustab e chuteystructure, an inclined 'c. ute thereon having an opening therein, a track carried by thechute (structure and directly under the chute lso-t at a'car onthe's aid trackwill receive material from the chute, said'track' arrangedto. aline with thefixed'track.

18..'Th e j combination of a sup orting structureja fixed track at the side-oft e supporting structural-a verticallyadjustable chute structure, aninclined chute thereon, a movable. track restinginornially in line with the fixed Wkand above thechute,

means on the structure for supporting said track when raised.-.

.19.. The combination of a sup ortin structure, a fixed track at theside of t e sai structure,'* a verticall adjustable chute structure, an inclined c ute thereon, a mov able track supported innormal position in line with the hired track and above the' chute, meanson'the chute structure for car rying said movable track when raised, with a track suspended from the underside of the chute structure and also'adapted to aline {with the fixed track;

The comb' nation 0?. a supporting structure, a vertically'p' adjustable chute,

means for elevating the front and. rear ends v of the said chute, said means being independently adjustable so as to vary the inclination of the chute. a

21. The combination in a boat dumping apparatus, of a su porting'structure, a verti cally adjustable c ute structure having pivots, a carrier, ropesfor elevating said carrier, clamps on the earner for clamping the boat thereto, aseries of sheaves on the carrier, a sheave on each side being mounted on a projection on the carrier, a sheave atthe top-of the supporting structure around which-the elevating ropes pass, the said carrier being notched to engage the pivots mounted on the movable chute structure.

; Intestimony whereof, I have si'gnedmy names to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

GEORGE E. TITCOMB.

Witnesses:

'WALTER CmsM, WM. A. BARR. 

